Sex,Scotch and ScholarshipIn this anthology, which comprises some of Khushwant Singh's best writing, you can look forward to some talk of sex, a little of Scotch and much Scholarship. The collection attempts to mirror the author's concerns and passions-his love of nature, his anguish over the situation in Punjab, his interest in religions of the world and his scholarly research on the one into which he was born, Sikhism. The highlight of this book, however, is the expansive, autobiographical opening piece written in Khushwant's characteristically candid style and perhaps the most complete self-portrait he has yet painted. |
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... tennis clothes. In summer, I am at the Gymkhana Club tennis courts at 6 a.m. (in winter it is 7 a.m.). My tennis has deteriorated with time. I no longer play it with the vigour I did some years ago; my sporting companions suffer me ...
... tennis clothes. In summer, I am at the Gymkhana Club tennis courts at 6 a.m. (in winter it is 7 a.m.). My tennis has deteriorated with time. I no longer play it with the vigour I did some years ago; my sporting companions suffer me ...
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... tennis but feel I must persist in taking exercise to keep myself fit for mental work: mens sana in corpore sono - a healthy mind needs a healthy body. I always take a book with me to read after I've had my swim. I have to dodge people ...
... tennis but feel I must persist in taking exercise to keep myself fit for mental work: mens sana in corpore sono - a healthy mind needs a healthy body. I always take a book with me to read after I've had my swim. I have to dodge people ...
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... tennis court. My father had two cars and hordes of servants. My elder brother and I were given motorcycles to ride to college, which was almost five miles from our home. Even in the large house with over a dozen bedrooms, I continued to ...
... tennis court. My father had two cars and hordes of servants. My elder brother and I were given motorcycles to ride to college, which was almost five miles from our home. Even in the large house with over a dozen bedrooms, I continued to ...
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... tennis, badminton and squash with them, saw couples copulating in parks - so it did not take much for me to fantasize about them. My mind was more preoccupied with girls than with Roman law and jurisprudence. However, I managed to pass ...
... tennis, badminton and squash with them, saw couples copulating in parks - so it did not take much for me to fantasize about them. My mind was more preoccupied with girls than with Roman law and jurisprudence. However, I managed to pass ...
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... tennis, hockey, badminton and squash for it, travelled with the same group of men and women on the train, and made close friends who continue to keep in touch with me to this day. Above all it was the walks in the woods ablaze with ...
... tennis, hockey, badminton and squash for it, travelled with the same group of men and women on the train, and made close friends who continue to keep in touch with me to this day. Above all it was the walks in the woods ablaze with ...
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